Program Overview

Youth Work: Skills for Working with Individuals and Groups SS6036

Course Fact File

Outline

Module Objective:

To equip students with the skills required to respond effectively to the needs of young people in individual (one to one) and group situations.

Module Content:

This module builds on the theoretical and practical foundations of reflective youth work practice methodologies in developing student skills for working with individuals and groups.

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Recognise and apply appropriate theories of counselling.
• Practice appropriate engagement and communication skills.
• Recognise professional limits and boundaries in youth work.
• Respond effectively to individuals in crisis.
• Facilitate youth groups.
• Design and implement developmental group work programmes using appropriate resources.
• Record and evaluate group work processes and outcomes.
• Record and evaluate work and outcomes with individual young people.
• Understand the impacts of modernity on young people as individuals and as a cohort.

Additional Teaching Mode Information

• Teaching Method(s): 12 x 2hr(s) Lectures; 12 x 2hr(s) Directed Study.
• Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 50%.
• Formal Written Examination: No Formal Written Examination.
• The module will be delivered through a combination of online and face to face methods subject to Covid 19 guidelines.
• Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (2 X Case Study. Case Study 1; working with young people (individual case study) 1 x 3,000 words, 100 marks. Case Study 2; working with young people (Group case study) 1 x 3,000 words, 100 marks.).
• Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
• Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
• Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (50% is the maximum mark awarded in repeat examinations.).

Module Co-ordinator and Lecturer(s)

• Module Co-ordinator: Mr. Pat Leahy, School of Applied Social Studies.
• Lecturer(s): Ms. Sinead O' Neill, Centre for Adult Continuing Education; Staff, External Institution, Cobh Garda Diversion Project.

Requirements

• Where modules are part of an existing programme and are to be offered as CPD Modules, the applicant will be expected to meet the entry requirements of the programme.
• Applicants will normally have achieved a minimum grade of a 2H2 in an Honours degree.
• Candidates will be normally be graduates from cognate disciplines, including but not limited to: Social Science, Education (incl. Sports Studies), Social Work, Early Years and Childhood Studies, Social Care (NFQ, Level 8), Sociology and Psychology.
• Applicants are also required to possess a minimum of two years' experience in a paid or voluntary capacity in a full-time youth work position (or equivalent part-time experience).

Fees and Costs

• The fee for this module is €1021.66.
• There is also a €35.00 application fee.